Dynabook BIOS Password

[SVSITSupport]

Hi there

 

Apologies if this is a silly question.. I'm having a nightmare and have tried every combination I can see, but still having no luck..

 

We have some of the Government Dynabook Tecra A40 laptops

I've tried to set the BIOS password (options are 'user' and 'supervisor') - but when I set them, a cold boot always asks for the password, which we can't have happening - but we need to keep the BIOS under password protection

 

Does anyone know of a way around this/what settings can achieve this?

 

Thanks in advance!

[chazzy2501]

set the administrator password only (hold insert when cold boot)..

 

leave user blank.

[SVSITSupport]

Thanks for the reply chazzy

 

This was my original setup, but what I've found with this, is that although it boots without asking for the password, you can then get in to the BIOS (via F2 or F12 - Enter Setup) and have full control in the BIOS and can change settings - this is all achievable without having to input the supervisor password at any point

 

I tried to change the 'read access rights' (or similar title) to 'read-only' as the default is 'full control' - but then that brought back requiring to enter the password on boot!

 

What it feels like with the password being entered, is that once that is done, until the machine is powered off, it then 'remembers' that the password has been entered, and it is happy to keep going - for both restarting boots & entering the BIOS

[Firepixiequeen92]

So I got the Dynabook Tecra A40-G from my online College program and I got it all set up had to put a BIOS password which I did and even an administrator password as well. Then it upgraded from Windows 10 to the 11 and crashed. I have tried everything to get it to let me log back on and it says that the administrator password that I have is wrong how do I override it?